was a nato airstrike here. government took us to the location and it was a parking lot and residential neighborhood. as it turned out what had been struck was apparently two under ground bunkers about a hundred yards from the compound of moammar khadafy. it appears that there is again some type of fire fight here in the capital of tripoli. we re keeping our heads down. we re not using our regular lighting and we re using body armor. all journalists have turned off the lights they normally use because the gunfire is so close to our position. now i m hearing for the first time, off in the distance, by that i mean, maybe a block away, sounds like an angry mob of pro khadafy supports. the chants and slogans they show off and repeat to support the leader. in the time i ve been reporting from tripoli which has been about a month, i have not seen a fire fight anywhere near this
citizens that are rising up? reporter: the balance has skipped in fair of government forces. they have taken zawiya and the other city. they have thousands of fighters in the field, and some of the rebels have left their weapons behind. ominous words coming from khadafy s son, he said in a message to the rebels, we are coming from you and not the u.s. and u.k. no one can stop us. shep: regime is sending envoys trying to find support. is the government, khadafy now friendless? reporter: outside of venezuela, it s hard to see anyone publicly stand weight government. even the arab states have said he is not a legitimate ruler. as far as the rebels, france has
sanction freeze to khadafy s wife and khadafy s children and they are freezing sets of four more senior government officials. in libya, pro-government forces have launched a brutal counter offensive against the citizens who are rising up as rebels. it appears the opposition is crumbling in the face of better equipped army. in a city of raz lanush they could launch air strikes. the government denies doing anything. pro khadafy in the city of zawiya to show khadafy had retaken the area and security used dairy gas in tripoli to crush protestors. serious concerns,ing and steve harrigan is live from tripoli. is there anything stopping these forces that are crushing the
gregg: a pivotal battle waging right how in libya for control of an important oil port. pro khadafy forces trying to take it back from the rebels. they have all of the weapons of a modern army in their arsenal including fighter jets that have rebels running for cover. leland vitter is streaming live near the capitol. reporter: we have two different fronts in this war. we have the western front outside of tripoli where pro khadafy forces savagely attacked a town. some people calling a massacre. 30 people killed. hundreds wounded and heavy artillery to bombard this rebel held town. in the eastern part of the country, the rebels are the ones who or the move forward. we went to the front lines today as they pushed another 40
residents in zawir, they begin moving in 6:00 a.m. local time a few hours later after extremely intense fighting. they apparently with drew. rebels say they pushed them back. pro khadafy elements say they withdrew. there was a second move inside the city in the last few hours and the picture is unclear but it appears that the pro can khadafy army is taking control of more and more of zawiya. that is critical of what happens in this ongoing campaign. across to the east, rumble forces are moving ever closer toward tripoli. they still have a couple hundred miles to go but they have reportedly taken the critical oil port of rasla noos. there was fierce fighting and those rebel forces now may move toward the town of surt.